DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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CDinmonclnir on n
Un- of sec. 12, 420
ft of tho quarter
corner niul 4E3 ft
xv of meander cor
ner on snld line,
thence s 440 ft to
meander line and
thence sw alonK '
monnder lino 300 .'
ft to Intersection . ''
with line 600 ft s.
and pnrallol to n
lino of section 12.
thenco west 1110
ft, Ihenuu n to tho
"rtUl Bouth lino of
xe 12, thence o.
1362. T ft to nolnt
of iH'KlnnlriK 13
V H' I.ohr, lot 2... 13
V. W. l,ohr, lot 3 ...13
F. W. Lohr, lot 4 ...13
Clias. W. Oarloclc,
lot 5 13
!'. V r,olir, lot C ...13
Chat!. W. Garloclc,
nc'i noVi 13
1R.50
35.70
55.50
40
34
32.10
12.33
lit n
14.14
11.64
8.78
19.34
18.79
Amt.
40
Sec. Acres
CRYSTAL III3ACII.
-Lot. Blk. Amt.
Jlargnrot Anderson ... 3 1
I.nkc Wood Park.
Lot. Dlk
BR 1
Doiothy M. Allen ....11 2
IMaudo I'"cnt 17 2
Pr. Talcott 21 2
Henry ICrumwcldo ....23 2
ilcmv Kruniwtflde ...24 2
F. A. Wood and Estcl-
la l. Whlto 25 2
CrjNtnl I. like Park
Lot. Ulk,
Alfred T. SavldKO ....1
J. A. l'oyo Jr., o 80 ft of
w 600 ft of lot 2
J. A. Poyo Jr., o 40 ft
of w r20 ft of 2
J. A. Foye Jr.. o 280 ft
of w 3G0 ft of 2
J. K. MoOeo, w 80 ft of 2
Xocust Olub, 8 40 ft of
n 51 ft of o 175 ft of 3
3.44
Amt.
.20
1.25
.16
.16
1.75
.16
.16
Amt.
.ll
.91
.48
1.88
.75
2.60
Amt.
8.03
Amt.
.60
.29
.60
.29
Amt.
Cribble's 1'nrk.
Lot.
Jessie Anderson 3
I.nkcnlilc I'nrk,
Lot.
Ruth n. ITailum 3
Ruth II. Hallum 15
Ruth B. Hallum 16
"Vernon Norman 1
Inlnnd Uracil.
Lot.
Joseph IC. Trauorman. .18
Jospnh If. Trnuorman. .19
Blk.
Blk.
1
Blk.
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Witness my hand and official seal
this first (lBt) day of October, 1917.
J. S. BACON,
County Treasurer Dakota County,
SEAL Nebraska,
SECOND DRIVE OPENS TODAY.
Nation Recruiting Ground For Liberty
Loan.
Washington, D. C. Tho second Lib
erty loan campaign has opened. For
four weokB the entire nation will bo
a recruiting ground for money with
which to carry on tho war.
To obtain $3,000,000,000 in subscrip
tions, the minimum set by treasury
officials for tho issue, a gigantic ma
hlno of many parts stands ready to
bo set in motion with the opening of
the campaign. Fifty per cent greater
than the first Liberty loan, tho pres
ent offering is the largest tho Ameri
can people ever have been called up
on to absorb. Five billion dollars and
10,000,000 subscribers that Is tho goal
which officials hope to reach during
the next four weoks. Tho services
of virtually every industry of tho na
tion havo been enlisted. Hundreds of
thousands of individuals, firms and
corporations will unite in giving all
or a part of their timo in carrying
tho work forward.
House Passes Ship Bill.
Washington, D. C. The administra
tion bill to permit foreign merchant
hips to ongago in American coastwlso
trade was passed by the house with
out a roll call. It now goes to tho
senato where prompt action is ex
pected Admission of foreign vessels
to tho coastwise trado is an essential
fcaturo of the government's shipping
program, as all available American
tonnage la to bo put on overseas
routes.
Jewish War Relief.
Now York. A national special as
pcmbly of the Jews of tho United
States has been called by Felix M.
Warburg, chairman of tho joint dis
tribution committee of tho American
funds for Jewish war sufferers, to be
"hold hero on October 28, it has beer
announced. Tho purnoso of tho meet
ing Ib to devise means of reaching the
$10,000,000 goal for Jewish war rellof
during tho present year.
Calls It a Forgery.
Baltimore, Md. Forger Congress
man Frank O. Smith, of tho Fifth
Maryland district, has denounced as n
"forgery from start to finish" tho let
tor which was found at Wichita, Kan.,
in tho effects of Dr. George Barbel
mas, tho former Washington corre
spondent of the Cologne Gazette, pur
porting to havo been written by Mr.
Smith.
Keymen Granted Wage increases.
New York. Fourteen thousand tele
graphors, telephone operators, station
agents and signal men employed by
tho Erio and tho Now York, Susnquo
hanna and Western railroad com
panies will recelvo an 18 per cent In
croaso in wages by tho terms of an
agrooment signed hero.
Paris. President Polncaro signed a
decree providing for the requisitioning
of cargo accommodation on all vessels
French, alllied and neutral for tho
sorvlco of tho government.
Vancouver, II. C The Canadian
Nows, a Japanese daily nowspapor
hero, recoivod a special cablo from
Tokio saying it was reported in Tokio
that Japanese destroyers in a fight
with Gorman U-boats off tho coast of
Spain, near Barcelona, had sent ono
submarine to tho bottom.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Samuel Will
iams, banker and ranch owner of Pur
cell, Okla,, was shot and Instantly
killed In crowded Main street. Orban
C. Patterson, a lawyer, surrendered to
tho police
CONGRESS IKES LEVY AT $21
EVERY
IN
CHILD III
Excess Profits Revenue at Billion, and Incomes at Nearly as
Much Remain Practically Unchanged by Work of
The Conferees.
Corporations Will Pay Their Full Share Toward the Financing of the War
New System of Graduating the Amount of Assessment Adopted Be.
lieved to Be the Best That Could Be Devised.
Washington.- The Joint conferees on
the wnr revenue bill completed their
draft after two weeks of deliberation.
As revised bv the conferees tho
measure has been raised from the levy
fixed by the senate of $LV11G,070,000 to
an aggregate of approximately $2,700,
000,000. Chairman Simmons of the
senute finance committee estimated
that the Increase made by the con
ferees would approach $275,000,000.
Profits Tax Modified.
The excess war profits tax, as agreed
to by the conferees, Is a modification
of the senute bill, the principal
changes being In the maximum and
minimum rates of exemption upon
which the tnx is to be determined.
The senate graduated scale of exemp
tions run from 0 to 10 per cent, while
the house exemption rute was 8 per
cent. The conferees udopted the grad
uated rate of from 7 to 9 per cent.
The deilnitlon of capital, which was
a point upon which the conferees ur
gucd for days, was modified so us to
provide that the actual value of tangi
ble property paid Into n corporation
or partnership or Individual business
before Jnnuury 1, 1914, shall be tuken
as of that dute. The proviso us to
good will and other intangible prop
erty has been somewhat liberalized.
As to "Invested Capital."
In calculating war excess profits the
terras "invested capital" of corpora
tions and partnerships was declared
to Include "uctuul cash paid In, uctual
cash value and other tangible prop
erty paid for stock or shares at tho
time of payment or January 1, 1914,
but in no case to exceed the par value
of the original securities paid In or
earned surplus and undivided profits
used or employed in the business, ex
clusive of undivided profits earned dur
ing the taxable year."
The allowance for Intangible assets
Includes "actual cash value of patents
and copyrights puld In for stock or
shares at the time of payment . . . .
good will trademarks, trade brands,
franchises ... if for bono-flde pay
ments not to exceed the cash value."
It stipulates that such Intangible
assets exchnnged for securities before
March 3, 1917, not exceeding 20 per
cent of the totnl, shall be included at
u value not exceeding u fair cash
valuo at the time of purchuse.
Postal Increases.
A flat Increase on reuding matter of
4 cent per pound until July 1, 1919,
and cent thereafter wus provided.
Advertising matter exceeding 5 per
cent of the total spuce would be taxed
from Yt. to 2 cents uddltlouul until
July 1, 1919, and from to 4V4 cents
more until July 1, 1020; and from
to 0 cents to 1921 uud from 1 cent
to 9 cents thereafter.
An additional tax of cent per
pound until July 1, 1910, and 3A cent
thereafter, on religious, agricultural,
fraternnl and slmllur publications was
adopted.
The 1 cent tax on letters, excepting
drop letters and postal cards, was re
stored by the conferees. A 1 cent ad
ditional tux on postal and private
mailing cards wus added. The flrst
class mall Increases are estimated to
raise $90,000,000, and are effective 30
days afetr tho passage of the act. Tho
senute provision exempting from post
age leotters written by soldiers and
sailors abroad was retained.
Railroad Tickets Hit.
The conferees levied 8 per cent in
lieu of the senate rate of 5 nnd the
house rate of 10 per cent on passenger
transportation, estimated to rnlso from
the compromise levy abouot 00,000,
000 lnsteud of $37,500,000 under the
senate plan. Tho 3 per cent tux on
freight transportation was retained
nnd the tnx on express transportutlou
was Increused so thnt 1 cent would bo
levied on ench 20 cents pnld Instead
of each 25 cents. The house 10 per
cent tax on Pullman accommdntlons,
cut to 5 per cent by tho senate, was
restored and is estimated to. ralso $5,
000,000. In lieu of the house 5 per cent
tax on sules of automobiles by manu
facturers and the senate federal
license tnx on owners, the conferees
adopted n 3 per cent tax on all motor
vehicles, Including trucks, payable by
manufacturers, producers and Import
ers. Taxes of 3 per cent of manufactur
ers' nlcs of muslcnl Instruments und
jewelry also were written In, with a
tnx of Vi, cent u foot on motion pic
ture film.
New InheritanceTax.
A new system of grutiunted inheri
tance taxes was written Into the bill
In lieu of the house plan and despite
the senate's rejection of such taxes.
The new rates on Inheritances, with
those of Americans In nillltnry service
exempted, range from one-half of 1
per cent on $50,000 estates to 10 per
cent on estutes of $10,000,000 and
more.
I The hulk of the lncrenRes of between
$2.V),000.000 nnd $300,000,000 mudo by
II
THE UNITED STATES
tho conferees In the serrate bill was
secured from the postnge, public utili
ties and manufacturing sales section
and the now Inheritance taxes.
With but few exceptions, the new
taxes nro effective with the passage of
tile act.
Senate Version Stands.
The Income tux section was adopted
virtually as written by the sennte. The
new 2 per cent normnl tax on Incomes
of more than $2,000 for mnrrlcd per
sons and $1,000 for single persons Is
In nddltlon to the present law exempt
lug Incomes of less thun $3,000 for sin
gle persons and $4,000 for married per
sons. Thus those between the riew low
exemption bases and the present ex
emptions will pay only the 2 per cent
tux, but single persons having an In
come of $3,000 or more and ifiurrled
persons whose Income is $4,000 or more
would puy the full 4 per cent normal
tax.
The sennte Income provision allow
ing nn additional exemption of $200
for each dependent child to bends of
families subject to the present law wns
retained. Tho exemption for children,
however, does not apply to those sub
ject to the new reduced taxes with the
$2,000 and $1,000 exemptions, respec
tively, for married nnd single per
sons. Surtax Is Agreed Upon.
Surtaxes were agreed upon ns fol
lows :
One per cent on income over $5,000
nnd less than $7,500; 2 per cent be
tween $7,500 and $10,000; 3 per cent
between $10,000 nnd $12,500 ; 4 per ce.nt
between $12,500 and $15,000 ; 5 per qpnt
between $15,000 and $20,000 ; 7 per cent
between $20,000 nnd $40,000; 10 per
18 per cent between $80,000 nnd $100,
per cent betweep $e0,000 nnd $80,000";
18 per cent betwene $80,000 nnd $100,-
000 ; 22 per cent between $100,000 and
$150,000 ; 25 per cent between $150,000
and $200,000; 30 per cent between
$200,000 nnd $250,000; 34 per cent be
tween $250,000 nnd $300,000; 37 per
cent between $300,000 and $500,000;
40 per cent between $500,000 and $750,
000 ; 45 per cent between $750,000 and
$1,000,000, and 50 per cent on Incomes
exceeding $1,000,000.
Increased Tax on Whisky.
Increused senate rates on whisky
nnd beer were vlrtunlly retained, and
that on wines somewhat reduced. Tho
tux on distilled spirits wns mnde $2.10
per gallon when for beveruge use and
$1 less for Industrlnl purposes, esti
mated to raise $135,000,000. The
amendment prohibiting Importation of
distilled spirits for beveruge use wus
retulncd. Floor taxes to reach with
drawn liquors were npproved. Beer
was taxed $1.50 per barrel additional,
to raise $40,000,000, .nn Increase of 25
cents per bnrrel over the house rate.
Present wine tnxes were doubled.
Taxes on nonalcoholic beverages
were compromised. On prepared
sirups and extracts the taxes gradu
ated from 5 to 20 cents Instead of
from 3 to 12 cents n gullon were
adopted. Grape Juice and other soft
drinks are taxed 1 cent per gallon, as
provided by the senute In reducing the
orlglnul 2-cent rate of tho house.
Senute rates on' cigars and cigarettes
were retained, but those on snuff were
Increased from 4 cents to 5 cents a
pound.
Stamp Taxes Fixed.
Stnmp taxes agreed upon are:
Bonds of Indebtedness, 5 cents on
each $100.
Indemnity nnd surety bonds, 50
cents.
Parcel post packages, 1 cent for
ench 25 cents of the cost of transpor
tation. Capital stock, original Issues, 5 cents
per $100.
Sules and transfers, 2 cents per $100.
Sales of produce on exchange, 2
cents for ench $100 value In merchan
dise. Drafts, checks payable other thnn
on sight or demand, promissory notes,
except bnnk notes for circulation, und
renewals, 2 cents for nil sums below
$100 und 2 cents for euch uddltlonnl
$100 or fraction thereof.
Conveyunco papers, 50 cents be
tween $100 nnd $500 und 50 cents for
each uddltlonul $500.
Customs house entries, from 25
cents to $1 ; entry for wlthdruwal from
bonded warehouses, 50 cents.
Passenger vessel tickets for ports
other than those in the United States.
Cunnda nnd Mexico, botwoen $10 and
$30, $1 ; between $30 and $00, $3, and
above $00, $5.
Voting proxies, 10 cents.
Power of attorney, 25 cents.
Playing curds, decks of not more
than 51 curds, un uddltlonul 5 cents
on the present rntes.
Tnxes on life Insurance, eliminated
from tho house bill In tho senate.
I were nmend"l und reinserted, rulslng
nnout SD.uuu.wa Effective November
1 the new tuxes on new Insurance pol
icies Issued uro 8 cents per $100 or
fraction thereof on life Insurance and
New War Tax Levies as -Made
by Senate and House
Washington. Tho wnr revenue bill,
us finally agreed on by (lib house nnd
scunto conferees provides for the rnls
Ing of npproxlmntely $2,000,020,000, ns
follows :
Income tax $ 842,000,000
Excess profits tax 1,110,000,000
Distilled spirits 135,000,000
Rectified spirits 5,000.000
Fermented liquors 46,000,000
Wines, etc 10,000,000
Soft drinks, sirups, etc... 14,000,000
Cigars 10,000,000
Cigarettes 20,000,000
Tobacco .... 25,000.000
Snuff 1,500,000
Cigarette papers 200.000
Freight transportation... 77,500,000
Express and parcel post. 16,000,000
Passenger transportation 56,000,000
Pipe lines 4,500,000
Seats and berths 2,250,000
Telegraph and telephone
messages 7,000,000
Insurance policies (new) 5,000,000
Automobiles (sale of).. 40,000,000
Musical Instruments
(sale of) 4,300,000
Motion picture films 3,000,000
Jewelry (sale by manu
facturer) 4,500,000
Sporting goods 1,200,000
Pleasure boats 500.00C
Perfumes and cosmetics 1,000,000
Proprietary medicines .. 3,000,000
Cameras 750,000
Admissions 50,000,000
Club dues 1,200,000
Schedule A, Including
'playing cards 30,000,000
War estate tax 5,000,000
Virgin Island products.. 20,000
First class mail matter.. 60,000,000
Second class mall matter 14,000,000
Total $2,606,320,000
1 cent per $1 on the premium charged
on marine, casualty, fire nnd inland
Insurances.
Amusement taxes agreed upon pro
vide that all persons entering plnces
of amusement free, except employees
nnd officials on duty and children un
der twelve, would pay n tnx rute of 1
cent on ench 10 cents or frnctlon
thereof of the admission chnrge. This
tux also would apply to cabnrets nnd
similar performunces where the cost
of entertainment Is included In other
costs, such ns service. Holders of an
nual box seats would pay 10 per cent
of the annual rentnl. Nickel theaters
and shows, rides and other outdoor
pnrk amusements with a maximum ad
mission of 10 cents nnd benefit entor- t
tuinments and agricultural fairs were
exempted. I
After November 1, 1917, members of
nil clubs, except fraternal orders, pay
ing more than $12 annual dues would
be subject to a 10 per cent tnx.
Exemptions Are Allowed.
On excess profits the conferees
agreed upon a minimum deduction of
7 per cent and a mnxlmum of 10 per
cent, Instead of tho 0 to 10 per- cent
fixed by the senate. Other exemp
tions nre $3,000 for corporations and
$0,000 for lndhidnuls. Corporations,
partnerships und Individuals having
no capital s"tock would pny a fiat rate
of 8 per cent on net profits in excess
of $3,000 for corporations and $0,000
for Individuals nnd partnerships.
Miscellaneous Income tnx amend
ments inserted by tho sennto ,wero
generally ndoptcd, Including the so
called Jones amendment for a tux of
10 per cent on corporations' lndls
trlbutcil surplus, without nllnwnnco
for Income taxes paid. The 10 per
cent tax would not apply to undis
tributed Income nctually Invested or
employed In business or Invested In
federnl securities after September 1,
1917, nnd 5 per cent penalty for sur
plus retained but not employed Is pro
vided. In making provision for administra
tion nnd collection of the new nnd
existing tuxes the conferees provided
thut the speclnl tax of 12 per cent
on wnr munitions manufactures shnll
be reduced to 10 per cent, hut re
tained to January 1, 1918. It now
yields about $29,000,000 annually imd
the senate hud proposed Its repeal.
GARFIELD FIXES COAL PRICES
Fuel Administrator Announces Final
Decision, Which Will Be Bind
ing on All Dealers.
Washington. Fuel Administrator
Garfield announced regulations, effec
tive at once, for the limitation of the
retail prices of bituminous nnd nn
thrnclte conl throughout the country. .
The fuel administration hus fixed,
In the conclusions arrived at, not the
specific price which the retail denier
will be allowed to cliurgo tho con
sumer, but the gross murgln which
the rctnll dealer will bo ullowed to add
to the average wholesale cost of his
coal In mnklng retail prices.
The retail dealer will bo allowed lo
sell coul to the consumer nt a price
representing un advance of not more
than 30 per cent over the retail gross
margin of 1915. In no ense, however.
Is tho gross margin from now on to
exceed the gross mnrgln of July, 1917.
If, for example, n retail coal denier
bought u particular kind of conl In
1915 at nn average of $2 n ton und
sold It to the consumer at ,$3 a ton,
his gross margin was $1. Dr. Garfield
now allows him to add 30 per cent to
tills amount, making his gross mm gin
for 1917 $1.30, provided thut is not in
excess of his gross margin In July
lust.
If tho retail dealer now pays nn uv
eruge of $3 for the sumo kind of foul
ho will be ullowed to bell it to tho enn
sunier for not more than $1.30 u toj.
Doctor-Garfield selected 1f)ir. h a
normal coul production .veiv
GOVERNOR NEVILLE
BECOMES COLONEL
ACCEPTS COMMAND OF THE NEW SEV
ENTH REGIMENT
WILL RESIGN AS GOVERNOR
Lieut. Governor Edgar Howard Will Automatic
ally Assume Executive Charge
on His Retirement
Governor Keith Novillo has ac
coptcd tho colonelcy of tho Sovonth
Nebraska national guard rcgimont now
nearly organized nnd will resign tho
office of tho governor of Nebraska
whenover tho rcgimont Is mustorcd
into tho government sorvlco. This
may bo within n short timo or it may
not bo until toward tho closo of tho
yoar or somo timo next spring.
Tho appointment, to tho olllco of
colonol of tho Sovonth rcgimont was
conferred upon Governor Novillo by
Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard,
acting governor, while- tho former was
at Washington, and tho appointment
was announced Tuosdny.
Whon tho Sixth roglmont, Nobrns
ka national guard, wns in formntlon,
It was rumored that Governor Novillo
might bo its colonel, but at tho latt
moment tho govornor appointed T. L.
Hall, jr. The Sixtli regiment has been
split up and morged with othor troops.
Lieutenant Govornor Hownrd, In a
statomont, suys ho is acting on tho
prlnciplo of majority rule, that tho
olllccrs of tho rcgimont want Govornor
Neville for their colonel.
Neville's Statement.
"Responding to wishes, expressed
by lottor, of a mnjorlty of tho total
numbor of officers of tho Sovonth
regiment thnt I accopt tho colonelcy,
Governor Howard, during my nbsenco
from the state, issued mo a commis
sion ns sucli.
"I bollove that tho govornmont
should, in this emergoncy, rcnllzo 100
per cent on tho oxpendltures of past
yoars for tho training of mon at mili
tary colleges nnd similar institutions
maintained wholly or in pnrt by tho
government, as well as at tho various
service schools, and since tho wrltton
requests of a majority of tho officers
Is equivalent to nn election, 1 havo no
hesitation in nccepting tho honor.
"I havo boon assured by tho depart
ment officials nt Washington thnt
they will gladly recognlzo nn nddl-
GOVERNOR KEITH NEVILLE
Who Has Accepted a Colonelcy In the
New N. N. G. Regiment.
tional regimont of Infantry or field
artillery qualifying as proscribed by
law,
"This docs not moan thnt tho Sev
enth will he immediately called Into
federal service.
"It may bo some timo boforo tho
nuitonal gunrd units, now being or
ganlzod in many states, aro federal
izecf. "With a sincere appreciation of tho
trust Imposed nnd tho honor conforrod
upon mo by tho people of my stato,
I bollove that I ahould not be worthy
of that trust and honor should I con
tinue to urge Nebrusknns Into tho
sorvlco of tholr country without
manifesting my willingness to accom
pany thorn.
"Wo are fighting not only thnt
democracy may live, but that wo may
i continuo to exist as a free and Inde
pendent nation.
"Our country is facing the most
eorlous crisis in its history.
I "It Ib tho duty of every man,
physically fit, of military - age, to
placo his sorviccB at tho dtsposal of
tho govornmont.
"In this spirit, and after mnturo
deliberation, I havo reached my con
clusion, nnd act accordingly.
"KEITH NEVILLE."
Whon tho timo comes for Governor
Novillo to resign, If that timo does
como ,ho will fllo his resignation with
Secretary of Stato I'ool as provided
by statute. Tho constitution author
izes tho legislature to puss laws
governing such reslgnutlons. Tho law
says such a resignation shall ho mado
to tho legislature, If in session; if not,
to fuo aecretary of stato. Tho sumo
Btaiuto carrlos with It a provision thut
might not bo uphold by tho courtn.
It is n provision thnt such resigna
tions shall not tako effect until ac
cepted by tho board or ofDcct to
'whom tho same Ib mado.
IHRk Hta
Tho army hoadqunrtera officers havo
decided to accopt tho now Soventh
Nebraska rcservo regiment in time,
nnd Governor Novillo'a resignation as
chief executive of this atato will bo
como offoctlvo lmmodlntoly tho Sov
onth is mustered In.
Lieutennnt Govornor Edgar Howard
will then become governor, lmmodlnto
ly, nnd will tako up tho duties of stato.
Acting Govornor Howard Issued a
short statomont also, saying that ho
has appointed Governor Novillo
colonol of tho Sovonth at tho unani
mous request of all officers of that
rcgimont, without knowing whether or
not Governor Novillo would accopt.
Following Is tho Btatomont Issued
by Lloutenant Govornor Howard:
"Yos, It is truo that Govornor
Novillo is now tho colonol of tho
Seventh rcgimont, Nobraska National
tl tsEEi w
mHsHXit&.
LIEUT.-GOV. EDGAR HOWARD
guard. I issued a commission to him
last Saturday. Tho commission was
issued following presentation to me
of tho wrltton desire of practically
all tho officers of tho new roglmont.
At no timo has Govornor Novillo ovor
spoken to mo on tho subject of a com
mission. I acted in harmony with
my well known advocacy of an
allogianco to tho plain prlnciplo of
majority rule. Tho olllcora of tlm
now regiment wanted Governor Ne
vlllo as tholr colonol. I granted tholr
requost.
"I did not know thnt ho would ac
copt tho commission, but now I nm
glad to know that ho is not annoyed
by my action, and that ho fools highly
honored by the call of tho mon of tho
regiment to load It whorovor duty or
honor may dlroct the way.
"Of courso, tho nccoptnnco of tho
commission by our govornor will bo
a call to mo to occupy tho high olllco
ho now occupies. I shall oboy tho .
call, although nono who havo boon
near ma can doubt that I shall do so
reluctantly. It is a position of groat
dignity and abundant opportunity, but
also a post of immenso responsibility.
I havo novor folt myself qulto quali
fied to do full Justico to that exalted
position, but firm in tho faith of thoso
political and governmental principles
which I havo so long advocated, und
confident that tho pooplo of Nebraska
will bo kind to covor witli tho whlto
mantlo of charity my ovory fault or
foiblo so long as I shall not sworvo
from tho pathways of rectitude, I shall
approach tho high responsibilities of
tho position always In humility and
always unafraid.
"It is not for mo to know tho dato
of ho rotlroraont of Govornor Novillo.
Ho will announce tho dato at his
pleasure.
"My ono host hope Is that I may
bo abla to so act undor tho impend
ing responsibility ub to leave n record
which may ovon In small measuro
approach tho genoral oxcollcnco of tho i
record nchlovod by tho splendid young (
Nobrnskun who has borno guberna
torial honors with rare grace and
Instant probity."
Within tho memory of tho oldest in
habitant no govornor of Nobraska,
except Dietrich, ever reslgnod his
olllco. Govornor Dietrich did so to
accept tho election of United States
senator tendered him by tho leglsla- j
turo at a timo boforo senators woro
nlnctnrl hv dlrni't vntn nf tlin nennln.
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Thoro Is an unpublished logond that
Govornor Crounso resigned bocuuuo J
he was not oloctcd Unitod States son
ntor, but that his resignation was
withdrawn before it was filed.
Peking. Tho city of Tien Tain la
threatened with destruction by bood,
Tho Chinese city and portions of all
tho foroign concessions aro undor wa
ter which Is rapidly rising and which
covers tho great plain to tho south
cast of Peking. It is estimated that
1,000.000 Chinoso aro homoloss.
Now York. A round-up of Gormnna
in Now York who havo violated tho
onus of pormltB granted them to en
ter zonos barred to enemy alions or
who havo gono Into those district
without permits, Uau begun.
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